Number

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**The word is invariant, i.e., has a single form used both in singular and plural.
 
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== UNL ==
 
== UNL ==

Revision as of 14:23, 14 January 2010

Number is a category that typically corresponds to the actual quantity of the referents of a given noun.

Natural Language

In natural languages, number may be represented by grammatical affixes (such as "s" for plural, in English) or by quantifiers (such as "a couple of", "many", etc). In the UNLarium framework, the grammatical category of number may assume the following values:


UNL

Grammatical number, a morphological grammatical category indicating the quantity of referents


To be represented by attributes, if marked.

person = person
persons = person.@pl
people = people (number lexicalized)

Number attributes

@pl (plural)
books = book.@pl
children = child.@pl
livres = livre.@pl
@paucal (some)
a few books = book.@paucal
some books = book.@paucal
@multal (many)
many books = book.@multal
several books = book.@multal
@all (all)
all books = book.@all
@any (any)
any books = book.@any
@not (no)
no book = book.@not
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